Soccer

Players and fans of Spanish soccer team Celta Vigo went a little nuts on Sunday, throwing a huge, raucous party at the Plaza de America in the northwestern Spanish city of Vigo. What was their cause for celebration, you ask? Why, getting promoted from Spain’s Segunda División to the Primera División, better known as La […]

In less than a week, much of the soccer world will be focused in on Europe, as 16 of the continent’s top football teams take their shot at claiming the 2012 EURO championship. Mexico won’t be participating in the tournament, seeing as how they are situated in North America, so they were looking to use […]

This past Saturday afternoon at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., the national soccer teams from Honduras and El Salvador played what soccer folk call an “international friendly” (i.e., an exhibition match) as a warmup before next week’s semifinal round of World Cup 2014 qualifying. However, it seems that someone failed to tell the 41,780 people […]

When you trespass onto a professional soccer pitch in America, you can expect to be on the receiving end of a devastating blow from an on duty police officer. When you trespass onto a soccer pitch in Montenegro, you can expect to roam freely, as you huge the players of your favorite team before converting […]

Brazilian soccer fans can be quite the passionate bunch. In the past they have made it clear that they will do just about anything in order to watch their team win, including busting down giant walls and even murdering one another. It should therefore come as no surprise to see this group of Brazilian fans […]

Goal celebrations make soccer more enjoyable to watch, and special effects make everything more enjoyable to watch. So one would have to believe that when you combine soccer goal celebrations with special effects, the result would be a visual masterpiece, right? Right!!! One creative footie fan did just that, as he added dinosaurs, Storm Troopers, […]

The act of field intruding during a sporting event will often end in one of two ways. Either the trespassing individual will make an incredible escape, or they will suffer the pain of being jacked up by an on-duty police officer or security guard. More often than not we are treated to the latter, as […]

When it comes to comparing Barcelona’s Lionel Messi with Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, there is little debating who the better footballer is (unless you ask Ronaldo himself). But with Barcelona experiencing a rather slow season – by their standards – which saw them win just the Copa del Rey, while Real Madrid walked away with […]

In terms of popularity, this wardrobe malfunction from the halftime show at a Singapore soccer match pales in comparison to the wardrobe malfunction that took place during the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. But what this wardrobe malfunction lacks in popularity, it certainly makes up for in level of exposure. And by “level of exposure,” […]

Chef Gordon Ramsay may strike fear into the eyes of most in the kitchen, but he doesn’t seem to evoke the same level of fear on the soccer pitch. One man who made it quite clear that he was not intimidated by Ramsay was former English international Teddy Sheringham, as he dropped the Hell’s Kitchen […]

European soccer fans can be a very dedicated and persistent bunch. Unlike North American sports fans, who would be more likely to give up on their team following a few seasons on consistent failure, soccer fans in Europe will threaten the well-being of the players and force them to surrender their jerseys if they feel […]

Playing in his final match before retiring from the game of soccer, Vadim Evseev of Torpedo Zhodino was taken off during the 67th minute of his testimonial, and replaced by five-year-old Hrisan Dzheus. The match was being played in honor of Evseev, who played most of his football in Russia and Belarus, and also earned […]

A few weeks ago, FEMEN activist Yulia Koypachik dropped her shirt and attempted to steal the Henri Delaunay Trophy, which was on display as part of a five-week trophy tour across the Ukraine and Poland leading up to the start of the EURO 2012 tournament on June 8th. It was quite the sight for breast […]

With the start of the EURO 2012 tournament right around the corner, Nike Football has continued to move forward with their “My Time Is Now” campaign. Their latest stop has taken them to a barbershop in Paris, where Manchester City’s Mario Balotelli decided to try on a few hairdos as he looks to represent his Italian […]

The last time we were talking about a Chelsea championship celebration, it came during the 2009 FA Cup final, as striker Didier Drogba decided to give the festivities a homosexual flavor by reaching down and grabbing the crotch of teammate Jose Bosingwa. It appears as though the Chelsea players can’t stop themselves from incorporating these […]